Lindy Hop
The Lindy-Hop is a form of Swing dance.
The Lindy Hop is a dance born in America during the late 1920s. The social dance developed from Ragtime dances, examples being the Strut o the Cakewalk. It was greatly influenced by later 1920 dances namely the Blackbottom and the Charleston.
Recent years has seen some renewel of interest in the Lindy Hop all around the world, with a most considerable revival in America. In the UK also, increasingly more people find themselves rediscovering the joy of dancing with a partner to the Lindy Hop. Increasing numbers of classes are springing up around the country, as well as social dances plus workshops, many taught by internationally familiar tutors.
The Oxford Swing Dance Society is just one of these places and they run classes to provide opportunities to learn the quick and lively dance in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. This is the perfect way to meet new people and have fun. Members regularly attend weekend dances or workshops - and sometimes even dance camps all aournd the world!
The dance is most associated with Swing music and legends such as Glenn Miller, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey etc. During the 1930s the craze spread rapidly. Lindy Hop is seen as the grandfather of all jive dances, including Rock and Roll and more modern jive dances.